Ice-saving pad



Oct. 30;"1 928.

F. C. MAUSSNER ICE SAVING PAD Filed July 10, 1925 iii I yflQM/we QM Patented Oct. 30, 1928.

FREDERICK C MAUSSNER, OF COLLINGSVS/OOD, NEW

I CE-SAVING PAD.

Application filed July 10, 1925. Serial No. 42,858.

My invention relates to a pad for refrigerators adapted for saving ice by separating the ice from the lining of the refrigerator.

The object of my invention is to provide a pad for retarding the melting of ice which pad is adapted to be placed upon the floor of an ice compartment of a refrigerator for the ice to rest upon, and it may also be placed between the vertical side walls of the refrigerator and the cake of ice, thus separting the ice from the lining of the refrigerator; a further object of my invention is to provide a pad of porous, non-absorbent material which will permit the free passage of water from the melting ice; a further object of my invention is to construct a pad having a covering of rigid material adapted to hold the pad in its proper form during the hard usage to which it is subjected when placing ice into the re frigerator, and a still further object of my invention is to provide a pad which may be manufactured at a low cost.

Referring to the accompanying drawing, Fig. 1 is a plan view partially in section of my improved ice saving pad; Fig. 2 is a partial vertical section on line 2-2, Fig. 1, drawn on a larger scale; and Fig. 3 is a partial vertical section on line 83, Fig. 1, drawn on a larger scale.

In the accompanying drawing in which like reference characters refer to like parts, 5 represents the ice saving pad consisting of a filler or layer 6, of porous, non-absorbent material, preferably of interlaced curled hair. A protective covering of heavy wire cloth 8, of sufiiciently heavy and rigid construction, is provided to hold the filler 6 in its proper shape.

Between the upper surface of the filler 6, and the under surface of the wire cloth 8, is a sheet of lighter wire cloth 10, having a rel atively finer mesh than the heavy wire cloth 8. The sheet of wire cloth 10 is provided for the purpose of preventing the ice, which rests upon the top surface of the wire cloth 8, from coming into contact with the filler 6, thus preventing the filler-from freezing or embedding itself into the ice and sticking to the same when the ice is removed from the ad. p The wire cloth 8 is folded upon itself into a flat tube embracing the filler 6, and also the sheet of finer wire cloth 10. The adjacent edges of the cloth 8 are secured together by a joint 9, as shown in Fig. 2. Thus the two parallel edge walls 12 and 13 of the pad,

of the water from the wire cloth 8 being folded around the filler 6. The transverse, or end edges of the pad are finished by forming turned edges 14 upon the cloth 8 and securing the top and bottom layers of the cloth 8 together by a loop of wire extending entirely through the pad, as shown in Fig. 8.

The upper and lower portions of the heavy wire cloth 8 are further secured togetherb a tie member, or fastening device 15, located in the center of the pad. Said tie member or fastening devices, extend entirely through the pad and are adapted to prevent the upper and lower sheets of heavy wire cloth 8 from spreading apart when the cake of ice is lifted or removed from the pad.

In place of the lighter wire cloth 10, a sheet ofcotton cloth may be used to prevent the hair from adhering to the ice, through the meshes of the heavy wire cloth 8, but I prefer to use the metal wire cloth to form the sheet 10, as it is non-absorbent and allows the water from the melting ice to pass freely through the pad. The wire cloth is preferably made of copper or galvanized iron, which will not rust when exposed to the moisture. The pad may be filled with loose hair but I are formed by prefer to use the interlaced curled hair, which 1s first formed into sheets and cut into the proper size for the size of the pad desired. ther forms of material may be substituted without departing from my invention.

The ice saving pad is adapted to be placed upon the bottom of the ice compartment of a refrigerator and the cake of ice placed upon the top of the pad so that the ice will not come in contact with the lining of the refrigerator. Additional pads may be placed around the vertical walls of the refrigerator so as to prevent the cake of ice from coming in contact with the side walls of the refrigerator, as it would in refrigerators upon railroad cars or refrigerator cars. My improved pad permits a circulation of air through the fille of the pad and allows the free passage the melted ice to pass through the pad.

My improved pad thus forms a porous, non-absorbent member, which separates the ice from contact with the lining of the refrigerator. It is particularly useful for retarding the melting of the ice in refrigerators which are located or exposed to a high outside temperature, and especially for refrigerators of cheap construction in which the walls are not fastening devices 15, formed of lllU ill)

ing ice from direct contact with the lining of a refrigerator comprising a filler of porous, non-absorbent hair, a covering of rigid con- 15 struction embracing said filler, said covering having small apertures formed therethrough, and tie members extending through the central portion of the pad for interlocking opposite surfaces of the covering to prevent the covering from spreading.

In testimony whereof I aflix my slgnature.

FREDERICK C. MAUSSNER. 

